![]() ![]() ![]() He was given much more opportunity with various characters and story lines. Frazetta copied the entire book that first night.įrazetta worked through the rest of the 40's and early 50's as more publishers became aware of him. Mayo gave him an anatomy book to take home and use. Mayo, seeing Frazetta's work, pulled him aside and told him he had great stuff, but he needed to study anatomy to hone his skills. Ingels eventually lost his job as art director. They pronounced Frazetta as being 'not ready', a judgement to which Frazetta agrees. Ingels got Frazetta his first feature, (Judy of the Jungle), but the owners weren't impressed. Frazetta had done cleanup work for Ingels at Fiction House, and Ingels liked his work. He went to work for Standard, where Graham Ingels was the new art director. He was fired after 6 months, basically due to there not being enough work to keep him busy. Frazetta went to work for Fiction House Comics, cleaning panels and removing underlying pencil drawings. It appeared in 1944 when Frazetta was 16. Giunta got Frazetta his first break when he convinced Bailey to do a feature of one of Frazetta's characters. Frazetta credits Giunta with being a major influence on his own style. He worked for Bernard Bailey's comic company. Giunta was a man of few social skills, being non-communicative and lacking confidence. He passed up the offer.Īt about age 15 Frazetta met an artist named John Giunta. ![]() FRANK FRAZETTA BARSOOM PROFESSIONALHe excelled at baseball and was offered a spot on the farm team of the New York Giants professional baseball team. Frazetta continued to draw but was distracted as many teenaged boys are by sports and girls. The students were so close that they couldn't bear to see the Academy close, so they each contributed to paying the rent on the building and continued to hold classes for another year. He was arranging at his own expense for Frazetta to go to Italy to study fine arts, but died in 1942 before arrangements were completed. Falanga, an artist of some repute in his native Italy, felt Frazetta had tremendous potential. When he returned to see how his new pupil was doing, he siezed the paper and ran off to show the others. He gave the young Frazetta a pencil, paper, and instructions to copy a postcard. His instructor, (Professor Michele Falanga), was initially unimpressed. It was a one story, 3 room affair with an enrollment of about 30 students. At the age of 8 his parents enrolled him in the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts, an academy with a name much more grandiose than its actuality. One of his sisters traded his homemade works for 'storebought' comics. Throughout his elementary schooling he amused himself with creating his own comics. When he enrolled in kindergarten he amazed his teachers with his artistic abilities. Her interest and support encouraged him in his early years. He sold his first drawing (a crayon drawing, to his grandma)at the age of 3. He was the oldest of 4 children and the only son of the family. Born February 9, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. ![]()
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